Flexible handrail and support therefor



Nov. 25, ,1930. w. o. HARTMAN 1,782,895'

FLEXIBLE HANDRAIAL AND SUPPORT THEREFOR Filed March 29. 1929 @ya I 6 5v5 y M l-atenteclY Nov. 25.,V

UNITEDmi STATES PATE OFFICE il WILLIAM ofH'ARTMAN, OF sT. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASsIeNOR. 'ro ivEIsH-HAltana/IAN` oo., OR ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OFMISSOURI j FLEXIBLE IIANDRAIL AND SUPPORT THEREROR j Application led March 29,` 1929. Serial No. 350,958;4

`The object of my device is to make aflexible hand rail and support therefor, to .be

. Vused principally on the Walls adjacent staircases, for the usual manual support purposes. A further Object is to make a device of the character described particularly for the use of infants in walking on stairs. When the device is used for infants, it is placed low enough to be within their manual grasp.

A further object is to Support the flexible rail on brackets, the brackets being so constructed that one type may be used to support the rail at all its terminal and intermediate'supports. f

A. still further object is to so make the 5 support that the rail holding portion may* be selectively adjusted in position.

My device may be easily and simply made of few and simple parts that lend them- 20 selves readily to multiple production, may be Y cheaply made and are extremely compact for packing. With these and other objects in View my invention has relation to certain novel features of construction'and arrange 5 ment ofV parts, as will be" hereinafter more fully described, Vpointed Outin the claims and illustrated in the drawings in which I, Fig. 1 is a side elevation ofy a staircase with my flexible hand rail support attached to the .30 adjacent wall in operative position. I

Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of a portion of the flexible rail such as ropeor Wire with buttons shown, which maybe slidably secured on the flexible rail.

Fig. 3 is` a side elevation of the plate, a bracket and rail support. I

Fig. lisa front elevation of the plate, bracket and rail support.

Numeral 5 designates the flight of stairs 4,0 with the upper and lower elevations 6 and 7 and the intermediate platform 8. Numeral 9 designates the side wall adjacent the flight of stairs 5. Numerals 10, 11, 12 and 13 designate the rail supports generally. These sup- 45 ports consist of the plate 14, whichis secured to the sidewall 9 by means ofscrews passing j through the holes 15. Numeral ldesignates a bracket, which is secured to the plate 14: by

means of the rivets 17. vNumeral 18 desigV` nates a pipe section, which is secured to the bracket 16 to its outermost face bymeans of r the bolt 19, which passes through the hole 20 in the pipe section 18 and the hole 21 in the bracket 16. The head of the bolt` is slotted at 22 for the reception of a screw driver. N umeral 23 designates a nut in threaded engagei ment on theinner end of the bolt 19. In order to have access to the slotted head 22 ofthe bolt 19, the hole 211 is formed in the pipe section 18 diametrically opposite and concentrically to and with the slotted head 22. The bolt 19 is secured in such a manner that the pipe section 18 may be rotated onV it. Numeral 25 designates the flexible hand rail, `which may be made of rope or Wire etc. Aft- .er the hand rail supports10,11,f12 and 13 are secured, as shown in Fig. 1, the flexible hand rail 22 is secured thereto by passing it through thev pipe section 18 oneach rail support. For purposes of ornamentation or making the flexible hand rail larger in diameter, the buttons `26, which have the holes 27 formed therein longitudinally, maybe slid' over the'flexible hand rail 25 betweenk the hand rail supports 10, 11, 12 and 13.

It will be seen that the pipe section 18 owing to its pivotal contact with the bracket 16 will position itself, as shown in the hand rail supports, 10, 11, 12 and 13. For this reason it is only necessary to have one type of hand rail supportfor all the supports of the hand rail, instead of different types depending on the angle that the flexible hand rail forms with the plate 14 of the rail support. j What I claim and mean ters Patent is:

1. A flexible hand rail having buttons slidablysecured thereon, a support, said hand rail secured in said support to secure by Let- 2. A hand rail support comprising a plate, a bracket secured to said plate7 a pipe seetion having a hole in its lateral surface, a bolt having a slotted head passing through the hole in said pipe section, said bolt passing through a hole in said bracket, so as to pivotally secure said pipe section to said bracket, a hole formed in said pipe section opposite the slotted head of said bolt, a flexible hand rail passing through said pipe section, buttons n sliding engagement on said flexible hand rail.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

VILLIAM O. HARTMAN. 

